A common approach in analyzing gene expression profiles was identifying differential expressed genes that are deemed interesting. The enrichment analysis we demonstrated in Disease enrichment analysis vignette were based on these differential expressed genes. This approach will find genes where the difference is large, but it will not detect a situation where the difference is small, but evidenced in coordinated way in a set of related genes. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA)1 directly addresses this limitation. All genes can be used in GSEA; GSEA aggregates the per gene statistics across genes within a gene set, therefore making it possible to detect situations where all genes in a predefined set change in a small but coordinated way. Since it is likely that many relevant phenotypic differences are manifested by small but consistent changes in a set of genes.
Genes are ranked based on their phenotypes. Given a priori defined set of gens S (e.g., genes shareing the same DO category), the goal of GSEA is to determine whether the members of S are randomly distributed throughout the ranked gene list (L) or primarily found at the top or bottom.
There are three key elements of the GSEA method:
We implemented GSEA algorithm proposed by Subramanian1. Alexey Sergushichev implemented an algorithm for fast GSEA analysis in the fgsea2 package.
In DOSE3, user can use GSEA algorithm implemented in DOSE
or fgsea
by specifying the parameter by="DOSE"
or by="fgsea"
. By default, DOSE use fgsea
since it is much more fast.
Leading edge analysis reports Tags
to indicate the percentage of genes contributing to the enrichment score, List
to indicate where in the list the enrichment score is attained and Signal
for enrichment signal strength.
It would also be very interesting to get the core enriched genes that contribute to the enrichment.
DOSE supports leading edge analysis and report core enriched genes in GSEA analysis.
gseDO
fuctionIn the following example, in order to speedup the compilation of this document, only gene sets with size above 120 were tested and only 100 permutations were performed.
library(DOSE)
data(geneList)
y <- gseDO(geneList,
nPerm = 100,
minGSSize = 120,
pvalueCutoff = 0.2,
pAdjustMethod = "BH",
verbose = FALSE)
head(y, 3)
## ID Description setSize
## DOID:5614 DOID:5614 eye disease 450
## DOID:0060037 DOID:0060037 developmental disorder of mental health 315
## DOID:374 DOID:374 nutrition disease 313
## enrichmentScore NES pvalue p.adjust qvalues rank
## DOID:5614 -0.3125247 -1.359713 0.01190476 0.09284447 0.04979925 1768
## DOID:0060037 -0.3407349 -1.439381 0.01204819 0.09284447 0.04979925 2313
## DOID:374 -0.3421127 -1.447570 0.01204819 0.09284447 0.04979925 1464
## leading_edge
## DOID:5614 tags=22%, list=14%, signal=19%
## DOID:0060037 tags=24%, list=19%, signal=20%
## DOID:374 tags=22%, list=12%, signal=20%
## core_enrichment
## DOID:5614 3082/5914/2878/4153/3791/23247/1543/80184/6750/1958/2098/7450/596/9187/2034/482/948/1490/1280/3931/5737/4314/4881/2261/3426/187/629/6403/7042/6785/7507/2934/5176/4060/1277/7078/5950/2057/727/10516/4311/2247/1295/358/10203/2192/582/10218/57125/3485/585/1675/6310/2202/4313/2944/4254/3075/1501/2099/3480/4653/6387/3305/1471/857/4016/1909/4053/6678/1296/7033/4915/55812/1191/5654/10631/2152/2697/7043/2952/6935/2200/3572/7177/7031/3479/2006/10451/9370/771/3117/125/652/4693/5346/1524
## DOID:0060037 154/1760/9732/7337/5175/6532/4763/54806/9759/6326/1499/7157/221037/627/2908/3399/2571/3082/23503/3791/51265/27347/55650/596/3067/51185/7552/22829/23426/324/5021/4885/7248/8910/8604/3397/4208/3400/26470/553/3953/6812/64221/80208/5172/9037/3952/477/93664/3625/2944/6925/6594/7102/3908/2550/4915/4922/26960/1746/2697/6863/3913/2891/367/4128/150/7166/6505/5348/18/4129/9370/57502/4137/79083
## DOID:374 2169/1490/7840/4887/4314/595/4018/6403/590/3087/866/66036/5919/5176/3953/164656/5950/2638/2166/5243/5468/5108/10560/4023/3485/7350/3952/1149/585/1513/3489/79068/4671/477/4313/3625/9369/6720/7494/2099/3480/3991/23446/6678/4915/5167/8228/165/2152/185/367/4982/3667/4128/9607/3572/150/563/1489/3479/9370/9122/5105/2167/5346/79689/5241
gseNCG
fuctionncg <- gseNCG(geneList,
nPerm = 100,
minGSSize = 120,
pvalueCutoff = 0.2,
pAdjustMethod = "BH",
verbose = FALSE)
ncg <- setReadable(ncg, 'org.Hs.eg.db')
head(ncg, 3)
## ID Description setSize enrichmentScore NES pvalue
## lung lung lung 173 -0.3880662 -1.573486 0.01428571
## breast breast breast 133 -0.4869070 -1.933687 0.01492537
## lymphoma lymphoma lymphoma 188 0.2999589 1.283446 0.06250000
## p.adjust qvalues rank leading_edge
## lung 0.04477612 0.03142184 2775 tags=31%, list=22%, signal=25%
## breast 0.04477612 0.03142184 2930 tags=33%, list=23%, signal=26%
## lymphoma 0.12500000 0.08771930 2087 tags=21%, list=17%, signal=18%
## core_enrichment
## lung SETD2/ATXN3L/LRP1B/BRD3/ARID1A/INHBA/RB1/ADCY1/LYRM9/NF1/CTNNB1/TP53/SATB2/STK11/CTIF/CTNNA3/KDR/COL11A1/FLT3/APC/ADGRL3/FGFR3/NCAM2/DIP2C/APLNR/SLIT2/EPHA3/RUNX1T1/ZMYND10/ZFHX4/GLI3/TNN/PLSCR4/DACH1/ERBB4
## breast KMT2A/ERBB3/SETD2/ARID1A/GPS2/NCOR1/RB1/MAP2K4/NF1/TP53/PIK3R1/STK11/CDKN1B/PTGFR/APC/CCND1/TRAF5/MAP3K1/ESR1/TBX3/FOXA1/GATA3
## lymphoma DUSP2/EZH2/PRDM1/MYC/ZWILCH/IKZF3/PLCG2/IDH2/HIST1H1C/MAGEC3/CD79B/ETV6/HIST1H1E/HIST1H1B/IRF8/CD28/SLC29A2/DUSP9/TNFAIP3/DNMT3A/SYK/TNF/BCR/HIST1H1D/DSC3/UBE2A/PABPC1
gseDGN
fuctiondgn <- gseDGN(geneList,
nPerm = 100,
minGSSize = 120,
pvalueCutoff = 0.2,
pAdjustMethod = "BH",
verbose = FALSE)
dgn <- setReadable(dgn, 'org.Hs.eg.db')
head(dgn, 3)
## ID Description setSize enrichmentScore
## umls:C0029456 umls:C0029456 Osteoporosis 375 -0.3439046
## umls:C0021655 umls:C0021655 Insulin Resistance 256 -0.3744074
## umls:C0085580 umls:C0085580 Essential Hypertension 256 -0.3652907
## NES pvalue p.adjust qvalues rank
## umls:C0029456 -1.505001 0.01265823 0.1382064 0.09601707 1766
## umls:C0021655 -1.578508 0.01315789 0.1382064 0.09601707 1971
## umls:C0085580 -1.540072 0.01315789 0.1382064 0.09601707 1971
## leading_edge
## umls:C0029456 tags=23%, list=14%, signal=20%
## umls:C0021655 tags=26%, list=16%, signal=22%
## umls:C0085580 tags=26%, list=16%, signal=22%
## core_enrichment
## umls:C0029456 HGF/PTH1R/CYP1A1/JAG1/ROR2/FLT3/CUL9/EEF1A2/THSD4/BCL2/ITGAV/WIF1/GREM2/COL15A1/HPGDS/VGLL3/SLIT3/NRIP1/TMEM135/MGP/PLCL1/OSBPL1A/PIBF1/SELP/SPRY1/MMP13/ID4/SPP2/COL1A2/AOX1/ARHGEF3/GSN/TSC22D3/ATP1B1/NR5A2/ANKH/COL1A1/LEPR/THSD7A/GC/FGF2/PPARG/NOX4/ZNF266/GHRH/BHLHE40/SLC19A2/THBD/FLNB/KL/LEP/HSD17B4/CTSK/FTO/MMP2/ESR1/IGF1R/PTN/IRAK3/HSPA1L/CST3/GHR/SPARC/KDM4B/LRP1/INPP4B/BMPR1B/PTHLH/DPT/FRZB/GSTT1/AR/TNFRSF11B/IRS1/WLS/GSTM3/TGFBR3/TPH1/IGF1/SFRP4/CORIN/BMP4/CHAD/FOXA1/PGR
## umls:C0021655 IRS2/PRKAA2/CAPN10/PIK3R1/STK11/UGT2B15/SSTR2/RXRG/GPX3/MBL2/CD93/INSR/GAS1/VWA8/FABP2/CD36/LCAT/AHR/TSC22D1/IGFALS/SELP/LRRTM4/HHEX/FOXO1/SERPINF1/COL1A1/LEPR/RBP4/SLC5A12/SELENOP/PPARG/LPL/TRPS1/RHOBTB1/IGFBP2/LEP/FTO/ABCB4/TMEM144/SREBF1/ESR1/ABCC8/LIPE/CAV1/PCDH9/CPE/CLU/ACACB/ENPP1/PNPLA4/IKBKB/APOD/AGTR1/AR/IRS1/COX7A1/CTF1/IGF1/CACNA1D/ADIPOQ/EBLN2/PDZK1/FABP4/TFAP2B/STEAP4
## umls:C0085580 ATP2B1/CAPN10/SOD3/NPR2/SLC9A1/HGF/GPX3/SCNN1A/STK39/INSR/TESC/TRHR/HP/CD36/HPGDS/DBH/PTGFR/NPR1/LPA/TSC1/APLNR/SELP/GJA4/P2RY2/LPAR1/EDN2/TGFBR2/SULT1A1/ATP1B1/LEPR/FKBP1B/ABCB1/NEFH/PPARG/SYNE1/GRK4/CALCRL/LPL/KL/LEP/KCNMA1/FTO/GSTM1/IGF1R/NEDD4L/HSPA1L/EMILIN1/CACNA1C/EDNRA/NR3C2/BGN/ALB/AGTR1/GSTT1/PLAT/TNFRSF11B/IRS1/FBN1/ACADSB/RGS5/CTF1/IGF1/ELN/CACNA1D/ADIPOQ
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